Fibroelastolytic papulosis of the neck(FEPN) was introduced by Balus et al in 1997. Before this term was used, white fibrous papulosis of the neck(WFPN) and pseudoxanthoma elasticumlike papillary dermal elastolysis(PDE) had differently been used. These two disease entities had clinical similarities such as asymptomatic, white to yellow discolored, papular eruptions on the neck in elderly persons. As names implicated, however, they showed variable histological findings, for examples, fibrosis in WFPN or elastolysis in PDE or both in FEPN. Taken into ac-count together, instead of using WFPN or PDE separately, FEPN might be preferred to describe these two kinds of skin diseases. We report a case of a 36-year-old male patient with papules compatible with FEPN, whose biopsy mainly showed elastolysis.
Adult ; Aged ; Biopsy ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Male ; Neck* ; Skin Diseases

No abstract available.
Sarcoidosis*

Bee sting therapy is said to have been practised since the age of ancient Egypt. Some people believe in the benefit of apitherapy for articular inflammation, hematoma, sciatica, hay fever, etc. However, honeybee has several venoms that may induce various clinical and histopathological findings. We report a case of foreign-body granuloma after honeybee acupuncture for polyarthralgia. To our knowledge, this is the first report of foreign-body granuloma developing at an acupunctured site in English literature.
Acupuncture* ; Apitherapy ; Arthralgia ; Bees ; Bites and Stings ; Egypt ; Granuloma, Foreign-Body* ; Hematoma ; Inflammation ; Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal ; Sciatica ; Venoms

We repart herein a case of psoriasifomi sarcoidosis. A histopathological examination reveaied sarcoidal ulomas throughout the dermis. There wa no systemic nvolvement, The skin lesions resolved aftier one month following treatment with low dose oral prednisolone. This is the first case of psoriasiform sarcoidosis in Korea.
Dermis ; Korea ; Prednisolone ; Sarcoidosis* ; Skin

No abstract available.
Epidermal Cyst* ; Herpes Zoster*

BACKGROUND: The incidence of primary epithelial skin cancers is rising steadily, but little is khown of the clinical features of primary epithelial skin cancers, and limited data are available in Korea. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to analyze the clinical characteristics of primary epithelial skin cancers. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted of 106 cases of primary epithelial skin cancers observed between 1989 and 1995. RESULTS: 1. Basal cell curcinoma(BCC), 41 cases, was the most common skin cancer. The numbers of cases of squamosis cell carcinoma(SCC) and Bowens disease(BD) were 33 and 24, respectively. There were 3 cases of mixed type(BCC + SCC), 2 cases of Pagers disease and 3 cases of extramammary Pgets disease. 2. The average age at ciragnosis and the mean duration of disease were as follows . BCC(65.5 years old 4.34 years), SCC(70.2 years old-1.63 years), BD(59.3 years old-2.85 years) 3. The face was the most common anatomic site for BCC(93%) and SCC(70%), but the trunk was the most common site for BD. 4. The most common c inical type of BCC was the noduloulcerative type(65% ) and the solid type was t.he most frequert histologic type of BCC. 5. In histologic grading of SCC, grade I and II lesions occupied in 88% of total cases. The numbers of special variants of SCC were as follows aenoid(4), spindle cell(1), verrucous(2) CONCLUSIONS : 1. The average age of patient with primary epithelial skin cancers was older thar: in earlier reports in Korea, and was closer to the recent, reports in western count.ries. 2. The number of cases of BD was much higher than that reported previously. This emphasizeci the importance of tissue examination for the pigmented lesions of the skin, especially on the trunk and extremities.
Extremities ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Retrospective Studies ; Skin Neoplasms* ; Skin*

We report a case of meralgia paresthetica in a 25-year-old man who preferred to wear tight blue jeans. He complained of a tingling sensation and dysesthesia with progressive a nature on the right thigh that had been present for 2 years. The symptoms were relieved after wearing loose trousers.
Adult ; Humans ; Paresthesia ; Sensation ; Thigh

In about 20 to 30 percent of cases with organoid nevus (nevus sebaceus), benign and/or ma-al lignant tumors of the epidermis and adnexae may develop. We describe a 71-year-old woman with sebaceous carcinoma and basal cell epithelioma developed in organoid nevus.
Aged ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell* ; Epidermis ; Female ; Humans ; Nevus* ; Organoids*

We report a case of Winkelmann granuloma in a 63-year-old man. nstopathological findings of the biopsy specimens from the lesions of the ear, finger and iliac crest area were compatible with Winkelmann granuloma. Winkelmann granuloma is a rare disorder showing an association with systemic immunoreactive disorders. Although our patient did not have any definite systemic disease, he had characteristic clinical and histopathological findings of Winkelmann granuloma, arthralgia, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, positivity to the rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibodies. Therefore, we believed that he was strongly suspected to have an unclassifiable systemic immunoreactive disease.
Antibodies, Antinuclear ; Arthralgia ; Biopsy ; Blood Sedimentation ; Ear ; Fingers ; Granuloma* ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Rheumatoid Factor

We report a case of histiocytoid hemangioma (angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia) in a 60 year-old female patient who was effectively treated with dapsone. The therapeutic effect of dapsone may support the hypothesis that immunologically mediated reactive process plays a role in the pathogenesis of histiocytoid hemangioma.
Dapsone* ; Female ; Hemangioma* ; Humans ; Hyperplasia* ; Middle Aged